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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Tucson, AZ

July 26, 2005Cochise County, Arizona

NWS Tucson, AZ issued this flash flood warning at Jul 26, 2005, 7:31 PM MST for Cochise County, Arizona. It was in force for 59 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 26, 2005, 7:31 PM MST (02:31 UTC)
Expired: Jul 26, 2005, 8:30 PM MST
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Tucson, AZ
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Cochise County, AZ

The radar

The Tucson radar (KEMX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Tuscon, AZ (KTUS), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 121 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 453 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2892 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 29 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS55 KTWC 270231
FFWTWC
AZC003-270430-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
731 PM MST TUE JUL 26 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL COCHISE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARIZONA

* UNTIL 930 PM MST

* AT 731 PM MST...THE PUBLIC REPORTED WATER ACCUMULATING IN THE      
  STREETS OF ELFRIDA. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
  INDICATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2.00 TO 3.00 INCHES WITHIN A 
  PERIOD OF AN HOUR.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SUNIZONA
  AND ELFRIDA.

MOTORISTS IN THE SUNIZONA AND ELFRIDA AREA SHOULD WATCH FOR PONDED 
OR FLOWING WATER AS THEY TRAVEL. TURN AROUND...DO NOT DROWN.

LAT...LON 3163 10984 3164 10953 3190 10954 3192 10984

$$

WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON

SCHAFFNER

2 follow-up statements

000 
WGUS75 KTWC 270332
FFSTWC

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
831 PM MST TUE JUL 26 2005

AZC003-270430-
COCHISE AZ-
831 PM MST TUE JUL 26 2005

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 930 PM MST FOR CENTRAL
COCHISE COUNTY...

AT 831 PM MST...FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY STILL OCCURRING IN THE 
WARNED AREA. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2.00 TO 3.00 INCHES TO THE WEST OF SUNIZONA AND 
ELFRIDA AT AROUND 7:30 PM.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SUNIZONA AND 
ELFRIDA.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 
CREEKS...STREAMS...AND COUNTRY ROADS.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO 
NOT DRIVE THROUGH PONDED OR FLOWING WATER. TURN AROUND...DO NOT 
DROWN.

LAT...LON 3163 10984 3164 10953 3190 10954 3192 10984

$$

WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON

SCHAFFNER

000 
WGUS75 KTWC 270427
FFSTWC

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
927 PM MST TUE JUL 26 2005

AZC003-270431-
COCHISE AZ-
927 PM MST TUE JUL 26 2005

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL COCHISE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

RAINFALL HAS DIMINISHED OVER THE ELFRIDA AREA SOMETIME AGO. AS A 
RESULT...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL COCHISE COUNTY HAS BEEN 
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. RESIDUAL RUNOFF MAY CAUSE SOME WASHES TO CONTINUE 
TO FLOW...THEREFORE MOTORISTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO USE CAUTION WHILE 
DRIVING IN THE GREATER ELFRIDA AREA.

LAT...LON 3163 10984 3164 10953 3190 10954 3192 10984

$$

WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON

SCHAFFNER

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tucson, AZ issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 26, 5:41 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning	TWC	Pima	64 min
Jul 26, 6:11 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Pima	30 min
Jul 26, 6:42 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning	TWC	Pima	63 min
Jul 26, 6:50 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Pima	27 min
Jul 26, 7:03 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Cochise	28 min
Jul 26, 7:35 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Pima	33 min
Jul 26, 7:40 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning	TWC	Pima	65 min
Jul 27, 1:39 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Pima, Pinal	36 min
Jul 27, 1:56 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Greenlee	49 min
Jul 27, 2:16 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Pima, Pinal	44 min
Jul 27, 2:44 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Greenlee	49 min
Jul 27, 2:58 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Pima	32 min
Jul 27, 3:20 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning	TWC	Pima	55 min
Jul 27, 4:06 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Pinal	43 min
Jul 27, 4:36 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Cochise, Pima	39 min
Jul 27, 4:53 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning	TWC	Cochise, Pima	52 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.